fil-thyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 filthy, filthi, equivalent to filth +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfɪlθi/

形容詞

filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest)

1. Covered with filth; very dirty.
   • 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:

     The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.

2. Obscene or offensive.
   • 1987, Michael Grumley, Final Diary:

     Filthy smirking Pat Robertson has come in second in the Iowa Republican caucuses.

3. Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
4. (Australia, slang) Angry; upset; severely annoyed.
   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 166:

     Terrific fun it was. My best mate saved me, and the teacher was filthy.

同意語

• (covered with filth): sleazy, slimy, grimy, horry
• (obscene): gruesome, smutty

反意語

• (covered with filth): pristine
• (obscene): holy, venerable

派生語

動詞

filthy (third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied)

1. (transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
   • 2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia:

     In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.

2. (transitive) To cover in filth.
   • 2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen:

     He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.